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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date
backward pass
scope management plan(Output/Input)
project management
master schedule (Tool)
2. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
activity duration
near critical activity
milestone
3. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds
project management
work performance information
time and material contract (T&M)
resource
4. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.
Monte Carlo simulation
project initiation
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
path divergence
5. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.
project management plan (Output/Input)
common cause
expected monetary value (EMV)
total float
6. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur
actual cost (AC)
finish to start (FS)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
7. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)
influence diagram (Tool)
claim
project phase
monitor
8. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.
performance measurement baseline
scope change
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
plan risk management (Process)
9. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
lead (Technique)
start date
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
late start date (LS)
10. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold
risk mitigation (Technique)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
11. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
verify scope (Process)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
report performance (Process)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
12. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken
project calendar
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
invitation for bid (IFB)
historical information
13. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break
risk management plan (Output/Input)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
authority
portfolio
14. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
project management team
planned value (PV)
requirement
project phase
15. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented
constraint (Input)
variance
residual risk
time and material contract (T&M)
16. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.
verification
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
Monte Carlo simulation
17. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit
rolling wave planning (Technique)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
validation
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
18. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer
quality management plan (Output/Input)
external deliverable
develop project charter (Process)
scope baseline
19. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
expert judgment (Technique)
change control
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
20. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
lessons learned knowledge base
work breakdown structure component
progressive elaboration (Technique)
special cause
21. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
Delphi technique (Technique)
monitor
project phase
22. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
external deliverable
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
specification limits
23. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
report performance (Process)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
progressive elaboration (Technique)
identify stakeholders (Process)
24. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
path divergence
project management team
authority
25. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics
statement of work (SOW)
reserve
identify risks (Process)
project management office (PMO)
26. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
reserve analysis (Technique)
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
master schedule (Tool)
27. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
float
defect
subproject
baseline
28. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
rework
direct and manage project execution (Process)
fast tracking (Technique)
duration (DU or DUR)
29. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
network logic
define activities (Process)
master schedule (Tool)
deliverable (Output/Input)
30. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule
develop schedule (Process)
human resource plan
claim
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
31. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me
path convergence
project management team
analogous estimating (Technique)
quality
32. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th
pareto chart (Tool)
product
trend analysis (Technique)
monitor
33. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
collect requirements (Process)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
seller
activity duration
34. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
resource histogram
project organization chart (Output/Input)
deliverable (Output/Input)
develop project charter (Process)
35. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria
functional organization
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
36. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
late finish date (LF)
virtual team
voice of the customer
perform quality control (Process)
37. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete
project phase
hammock activity
lessons learned knowledge base
actual duration
38. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced
external deliverable
defect
change control system (Tool)
conduct procurements (Process)
39. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)
fast tracking (Technique)
reserve
project charter (Output/Input)
influence diagram (Tool)
40. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than
risk register (Output/Input)
develop project team (Process)
imposed date
objective
41. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)
summary activity
opportunity
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
sensitivity analysis
42. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity
estimate costs (Process)
start to start (SS)
develop project charter (Process)
quality
43. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines
float
deliverable (Output/Input)
node
lessons learned knowledge base
44. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system
flowcharting (Technique)
project management
defect
finish to finish (FF)
45. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline
virtual team
methodology
template
program management
46. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
distribute information (Process)
47. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service
specification
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
defect repair
activity attributes (Output/Input)
48. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.
earned value (EV)
scope creep
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
finish to start (FS)
49. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
voice of the customer
early start date (ES)
practice
sub network
50. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project
scope
baseline
change control
sponsor